UrsprungUsed in Swedish since 1657, same as Danish spalte, from German Spalte, based on the verb spalten (“to split”), related to Swedish spjäll, spilla, spillra
- common-gendera (long and narrow) gap
- common-gendera column (of text)
- common-gendera (recurring) section with certain contents in a paper or magazine; a column
Formerspalt(indefinite, nominative, singular) · spalts(genitive, indefinite, singular) · spalten(definite, nominative, singular) · spaltens(definite, genitive, singular) · spalter(indefinite, nominative, plural) · spalters(genitive, indefinite, plural) · spalterna(definite, nominative, plural) · spalternas(definite, genitive, plural)